The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-27

run COlleEeS Will allutAeo, 'Hey
were educating almost three times as
many students ami producing almost
three times as many graduates IN az
riculture and mechanics, at q cost OF
about oue-thirG what it cost to DO The
same work in agricultural annexcS.
This was the experience in lSS4-o,
and among the poorest Of the pooG
colleges, with agricultural annexes
stood the South Carolina College.
Does I'D" still insist that the prop
osi,iops are DceJing demonstration ?
If so, let him vake the experience Of
the past five years, and lie will Show
up equally as badly for bis little an:
mex and the misappropriation Of the
funds donated by the General Gov
ernment for particular purpose,
which the South Carolina College has
not, and does not, and never can full
I'll.
But satisfied with the production
of the "formidable (?) propositions"
already discussed, he coolly pro-
eeeds to ;mpa!e the Mississippi Ag-
ricultural College upon the horns Of
dilemma y As . trick in logic
his device is unique and can be made
to fire st both ends. AS one end has
already been fred off at the Missi-
sissippl Agricultural College, vii!
rect the other end upon the South
Carolina College. i simply para
phrase his dilemma.
The only strong card that the
South Carolina College has is that
it gives = thorough course In Liberal
culture" "A very excellent thing in
its way for lawyers and doctors no
doubt; bus will not any banker, rail
road company, merchant, druggist,
doctor or lawyer require any Of its
graduates to start at the very bottom
of the business and learn it the same
as if he had not studied at this Col
lege before he can be promoted ? In
other words, young man who grad
yates at that College has to begin
exactly where lie would have had to
begin four years before when he
entered college, in order to earn
his livelihood in any Of the in
dustrial or commercial pursuits by
which men support themselves in
South Carolina. That being true,
and daily practice proves it to be so,
if one hundred students from homes
supported by industrial and CONNER
cial pursuits attend the South Carroll
ma College and only one hundred re-
turn to begin exactly where they
would have begun had they not at
tended that institution, then it is not
benefting the students.
If less than one hundred students
from homes supported by industrial
and commercial pursuits who attend
the South Carolina College return to
their homes to contribute to the
farther development Of the State,
then 1t is doug an INJURY TO the
State, and all classes should unite in
seeing that it is suppressed.
Further, if tue proportion Of stu
dents from such homes who return
to tLem after only q short sojourn at
the South Carolina College is greater
than when the students remain sew
eral years, then the longer a student
remains at such place the worse
it is for him, and the less grounds
there are for the longer maintenance
Of such an institution.
AS requested by him, have stud
led "D's' logic, and he is at liberty
to further exercise his ingenuity in
this direction, if he is of the opinion
that it will advance his cause or
suppress The advocates of q separate
agricultural college.